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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-04-27

"Quite. There ii IS"
He looked aud saw q conical mud hut
with two square holes cn opposite sides, and
q gentle smoke floated up through the point
of the roof, which was apparently vent
hole.
"What?"
THAT'S the palace The king and queen
are in there waiting for you"
They entered. In the centre, IN what
looked like kind of mire, sat fat, black,
dignGed fellow, whose protection from the
inclemency of the weather was g wisp of
cotton tied around his waist. By his side
sal small, dark lady of acquescent, con
tented rnen, whose toilet had all fallen
around her waist, too-at least she hadn't
any anywhere else.
"Hnilo ~ said the new conner in the Ian
guaCe OF the country. "Hullo, old chap,
how are you?" Then more politely, This
is the new consul from America"
The new consul, who had been pracllclng
his bow ever since his application had been
filed, made an obeisance, when pig sud
denly ran in by one entrance, skipped be.
tween his genuaections, landed him head
first in the mire and skipped out by the op-
posite hole in the hut ALI dignity was out.
ragged. but the king didn't mind it nor did
the numerous royal family who lay around
promiscuously without any toilet at all.
"That's all right, old boy" said the res
ident. to the embarrassed consul. We've
cot up ball for you tonight, and you'll see
tho fling and queen in style there"
So the consul got his trunk out, got his
dress suit, his white tie, his white gloves
and his patent feathers ready and presented
himself ct the "hotel" where the ball was to
be. The hotel was wooden frame with a
mud roof. The king and queen entered in
grand style, with 8 little more toilet Of a
loose kind, and the new consul came in
with the kings sister, noble princess, and
they all Lad royal night of it. Before the
new consul had gone to bed in the morning
Maid him . special call and solicited his
washing. He does not look for any dignity
in his position now: He is looking for profit.
A man ought to gain something from being
q consul.-San Francisco Chronicle.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-04-27

+ RESPECTFULLY announce myself cand-
/ date for the Office OF Collector of Taxes for the
Southern District, and ask the support of the
voters. Subject to primary.
ap12tpe A. i. cox.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-04-27

A MEETING OF THE STOCKHOLDERS OF
- THE VIRGINIA MARBLE COMPANY will
be held at the Office of Chas. P. Janney, in Lees
burg, Virginia, at 11:30 a. m. on WEDNESDAY,
the 4th day of May, 1887, TO consider matters of
assessment, the amendments to their charter, and
other important business.
A MEETING OF THE DIRECTORS will be
held at the same time and place.
ap19 lot H. D. B. NORRIS, President.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-04-27
C7erk Of The Nlorl.et.

Collector Of Tares Southern District
T RESPECTFULLY announce myself candi-
/ date for reelection to the office of Tax Collec-
tor for the Southern District, subject to the DEM
ocratic primary, Monday, May ., 1887.
apps tpe S. X. FIELD.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-04-27
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-04-27

FgIEA SETS-We have just received the cheapest
I line of CARLSBAD and FRENCH CHINA
TEA SETS ever offered in this city, of A and 90
pieces each, low-shaped cups and heavily gilded
and beautiful decorations. We arc sure of suiting
both your taste and pocket if you are in need Of
anything in this line.
MI Il. y. MILLER, EON o. w.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1887-12-23
Municipalities.

In City or Country for Holiday Trade 10 take Hight
pleasant atther hores 81 TO IS day can be
quietly made work nail any distance Particular
free No canVessng Address ~ once CRESCENT ART CO.
l]zA Mix ST., Boston, Mas P .. Box Sl7o-
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1887-12-23
Good Food. Good Flavor.

Ever and anon some enthusiastic
breeder of thoroughbred fowls descants
upon the merits of his favorite breed
their tender, juicy flesh and rich, highly
favored eggs, not to be compared with
the dunghills long ago discarded-for
getting tint the dunghills were truly
named, and that from hard scratching
for living in barnyard, they produced
the small, tough bodies and ill-favored
eggs complained of, while his thorough
breds have yard to themselves, are fed
on the choicest grain and grasses, have
nothing but pure water to drink, and all
the delicacies of the season, from the
dinner table.
What breeder has not noticed the diff
ference in flavor of the eggs from his best
yards and from the general flock running
at large. Instinctively the best fowls
receive the best food and most careful at
tention, and the result is richer and bet
ter favored eggs. Feeding for flavor
must sooner or later become one of the
high arts of poultry culture. York
MARKET journal.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1887-12-23

Profit in all kinds of business depends
more upon what is saved than what Is
made. 4 farmer loses money if he does
not make this principle the basis of all
his work As with feeding live stock,
so with feeding crops, if the manure Is
not made available by good culture, or
good cultured not aided by liberal manur-
ing, there is loss. a case in point may
be mentioned Of farmer who produces
over 2, 900 pounds of Tobacco per acre.
made by good manuring and through til
lage Of so good quality that it brings
seventeen cents pound, equal to $40
per acre. By saving or making effective
every part of the work, one acts with an
other to produce the desired effect, and
in growing crops, feeding stock, and the
general management of the farm, 1t is
not the amount expended or the work
done that makes up the profit, but the
useful effect produced and the saving of
labor and material The work of the
farm may be compared to the power of
stream; one may have leaky dam or
fume, or poorly constructed wheel, and
the force of the fall may be frittered
away by various wastes. In farm work
the adaptation of the right means to the
desired ends constitutes the science of
agriculture, and the whole intent, pur-
pose and effect OF science are TO make
every part of the farm work as effective
as possible by avoiding wastes of all
kinds
In fattening cattle or swine there are
many opportunities for losses and wastes.
The most appropriate food is rarely
chosen, but whatever may be most con-
venient; there is rarely that mixture of
foods which is most effective in making
healthful mixture of flesh and fat;
there are seldom the best arrangements
for feeding without waste or for the
preservation of health during the fatten-
ing process, and in many ways farmers
miss getting the full effect of the food.
How many make a pound of live weight
from SO little as four pounds of food, and
yet three and one-half or even less of the
best kind of food will make pound of
increase, and how many keep the best
kind of stock for profitl We might say
how few, for but very few do this. And
yet with large number of farmers the
greater part of the crops is food to
stock. This is an appropriate time for
considering this matter and for acting
in accordance with the most profitable
methods. -Neoc Y0rk Times.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1887-12-23
FARM AND GARDEN.
Smut in Oats.

Smut in oats usually destroys ten per
cent of the crop and often more. Pro
fessor Arthur came across a field Of oats
that was nearly destroyed by smut. He
thought to try whether the spores of the
smut fungus were carried with the seed
oats. Sowing some Of these seeds next
wear he found the smut abundant on the
crop. OF the same seed plots were sown
in which, before sowing, the seeds were
soaked in copperas water. In four diff
ferent plots of different soil the unsoaked
seeds gave about per 500 of 17.5, 1890,
20. 20 and 23.40 of smutted panicles.
The seed soaked in copperas waterloo.
copper sulphate TO one gallon water-seed
soaked III hours before sowing, gave
plants Of which 90 panicles only had
smut, the same soaked 40 hours, no
smut. In a solution of caustic potash
Il of caustic potash to 1 ! pints Of water,
soaked ia hours-no smut.-Lqdepend-
mt
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1887-12-23
CurinD Sidp-RacOn.

In handling any products of the hog
care must be taken to kill on a cool,
frosty day and see that the carcass is
thoroughly cooled through, but not
frozen, before it is cut up. The large
pieces of side meat for smoked bacon are
best cured by dry sailing on platform
made for the purpose. On this spread a
layer of salt an inch deep, then rub each
piece of meat thoroughly on the sides
and edges with salt and lay the skin
side down on the platform. When the
hrst layer of meat IS completed, sprinkle
good layer OF salt over it and then ruD
and lay down the next layer in the same
manner as the first, and so continue until
all is packed; finish with good coating
OF salt on the top OF the pile. The meat
should be taken up and rubbed with salt
three or four times during the curing,
and repacked as at first. This rubbing
may be done in wide, shallow box con-
tanning three or four inches CT salt in the
bottom, and will be found quite conven-
lent for the purpose. The tine required
for the curing will be from five to eight
weeks, depending on the thit kness of
the pieces and the temperature of the
room where it is kept. In cellar with
an even temperature meat will take salt
much sooner than in a cold room wit h an
occasional free e, and it will be we'll to
test the curing by cutting into piece
before taking it up for smoking. The
smoking viii require about ten DAYS.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1887-12-23
The Panama Canal.

The Panama Canal, or rather ''The In
teroceanique," will be, when completed,
about fifty-fiv miles long, says Times
Democrat correspondent. So far about
eighteen miles have been dredged out on
the Chagres, and a portion of the noun
tain at ulebra has been blasted out.
This is all the work of contractors. not of
the French. The American Dredging
Company have done their work nobly.
VIII lie the French dredges have lain idle
and rusted along the shores of the
Chagres. The chief aim CT French en-
D owe seems 10 be to drink absinthe,
cognac and claret, and wear a cork hat
and top boots. They are extremely
clannish, and view Americans as an II
feriOr race of ANIMALS.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1887-12-23
Farm and Garden Notes.

Mr.. Caywood believes that raspberries
winter best that are kept growing until
frost.
Spinach keeps longest in cold pit on
shelves, piled not more than six inches
deep.
William Muth says that bees dislike all
black, dark or iron-gray colors, and that
fur hair and wool are an abomination to
them. The bee-keeper, therefore, ought
to avoid clothing of such material and
colors.
Mr. Philbricl says that the best kind
of squashes for long keeping are the
hard shelled varieties, and advises that
these be stored in a lott provided with
double windows, to keep out frost, and a
stove or other means of warmth.
A farmer says: Il put into barrelful
Of sweet cider quart of milk, about a
half pint Of mustard seed-the black
scotland six eggs. Mix them ali up
together and pour them in the barrel.
Cider will keep sweet that way for half a
dozen years. I think it gets better and
sweeter the longer you keep it..
Great pains should be observed in
feeding swine, observes a Western pork
maker. Never feed any more than they
will eat clean at each meal, and not less
than three times day Plenty of fresh
water should always be where fatten-
ing hog can drink at any time. Make a
practice of raking and burning all cobs
and refuse in the yard once week. The
pigs like the charcoal made from cobs,
and it will keep them clear Of worms.
One who has had experience in the
matter advises that in storing away
garden seeds they should be placed in
wooden bags, with a piece of gum
camphor in each bag, and also to dust
the seeds with insect powder. These
methods will protect the seeds against
insects, which destroy many kinds, such
as peas, beans, etc. All seeds should be
kept in dry place, and an examination
of them should be made several times
during the winter.
1t is becoming more and more evident
that the making, saving and applying of
all the manure possible on the farm, is a
very important matter. SOil-tillers are
beginning to realize the fact that once
the supply of plant-food is exhausted,
they cannot restore it without adding
considerably to the expense of the crop.
Yet with many sufficient care is not
taken to save material that, if properly
managed, can be made into frst-class
fertilizers. There are many things
wasted-much refuse matter thrown
away-which, if added to the manure or
compost heap, would eventually pay
good dividends in the way of increased
crop production.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1887-12-23
Impaction of the Stomach.

Cattle fed upon dry, hard food at this
season are apt to suffer from indigestion,
which results in fever of the stomach
and impactiOn with the dry, undigested
food. The Inflammation dries and bak es
the coarse matter in cakes between the
folds Of the stomach, and as this organ
cannot act, death is only a question of
time. The symptoms are dizziness and
loss of appetite; the nose is hot and dry,
the eyes discharge tears and become red,
and there is great thirst. When dry,
coarse feed is being eaten, the cattle
should be given some linseed meal or
hnseed oil, and thin tea made by boil
ing linseed is also very useful to prevent
this disease. When it happens the best
remedy is two pounds of EPSON salts
dissolved in warm water, and mixed
with a pint of molasses. Linseed tea
should be given copiously When the
rumen, or pauch is involved in this dis
order, it may save life to make an Incl
sion in it and remove the contents, and
inject the solution of epson salts. 4
few stitches will close the opening,
which heals rapidly.-Neoo York Times
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1887-12-23
A WORD OF WARNING.

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all counerts peculiar and remarkable qualities
genuine Ask for "Ivory" Soap and insist getting it.
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Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1887-12-23
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Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1887-12-23

hickory wood being the hest for the pur-
pose.--Ncoc Yort World.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1887-12-23
Fine Sand for Bedding Animals.


a correspondent of the Country Gen
7LmGn says: Many years ago, when I
had easy access to clean sand, | used it
for bedding the cows and horses in
preference to straw, sawdust, dry tan
bark or any other material, for the reason
that bed of fine sand would absorb the
liquid of the stalls sooner and keep the
animals cleaner than any other bedding
There was the fact in the case. That is
all there is about it. A few days since l
was at the stables of farmer who works
large farm and keeps several teams and
large herd of neat cattle, who told me
that he prefers fine sand for bedding to
any other material. He had more than
two thousand bushels Il Judged of dry,
fine sand, stored for bedding in the win
ter. No other bedding will prevent the
manuTial accumulation from adhering to
the hair OF domestic animals so etfectu-
ally as clean sand. A peck of fine sand
will readily absorb and retain half peck
of liquid manure. Then, here is another
important consideration in favor of sand,
namely, the facility with which manurial
accommodations of any stable may be han
died and stored without loss from heat
ing and lire fanging," as stable manure
Will do when the bedding consists of
straw or haum of any sort.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-07-23
MY FIRST MURDER CASE.
CYRUS F. M'NUTT.
ICOpyri0hted. ISL
CHATTER discontinued.

The introduction of the evidence began
after the noon recess. In addition to the
facts already set forth the State proved
these: The knife of the prisoner taken
from his pocket when he was arrested was
shown to the jury. 1t was horn-handled,
carrying large blade two inches and half
in length, oval edged and almost as sharp as
razor. 1t was such knife as is used by
workers in leather though the prisoner had
used it to trim young fruit trees. The knife
had blood on it about the rivets fastening
the blade in the handle.
1t was also shown that there was blood on
the wristbands of the prisoners shirt But
the force of these facts was greatly weak
ened by witness who, in testitying to Doty's
movements mentioned as by chance the
circumstance that the prisoner had on the
morning of the day of the tragedy marked
some young animals.
1t was near the hour of adjournment when
the prosecuting attorney brought forward
the prisoners boots. worn when he was ar
rested. Sitting by the prisoner l could
plainly hear his quick and labored breathing
as he saw these and heard his friend Blake
testify, unwillingly enough, but all the more
potently for that to the finding of the tracks
and the accuracy of the model in bark. There
was no necessity for what the prosecutor
did next, for there was nobody to dis
pute the evidence of Blake or to question
the fact that the boots produced were the
prisoners. Yet the prosecutor called out:
"Mr. John Hagan will take the witness
stand"
Never having heard of such a person l
turned and asked my client who and what
Hagan was.
Hes the man that mended my boots"
he answered; and as l looked toward the
witness-stand l saw him approaching. He
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-07-23
TIE PRICE OF POETRY.
LongfellOw's Crescendo Scale of Rem
neratiOn for His Work.

Longfellow's Crescendo Scale of Remu-
neratiOn for His Work.
In the "Final Memorials of Longfellow''
these interesting figures are given by his
brother: "For his early poems, published
during the last year of his college course in
the United States Literary Gazette Mr.. Long
fellow received sometimes 81, sometimes 81
according to their length; this was in 1925.
In 1904 The Village Blacksmith 'Endy-
mion' and Gods Acre brought him SIS
each ; The Goblet of Life and The River
Charles $40. Then in 1874 for The Clean
of Sunshine The Arsenal and 'Nurem-
berg he received $50 each This remained
the price upto The Ladder of Saint Angus
tine and The Phantom Ship, in 1850. After
this there is no record. but later on he be-
gan to receive 500 to $50 for poem. The
Harpers paid 81 600 for Keramos,' and the
same for 'Morituri Salutamus;' Bonner, of
the Ledger, 5000 for The Hanging of the
Crane Mr.. Longfellow noted his income
from his writings in 1910 as S2l9; in 1s42 it
was S517; in 1915 (the year of the poets and
poetry of America), S2,0s0; in 1916, 81 800;
the next year, 81, 100; in 1850, 1900; then
$500 and 100, and there the record
stops"